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Articles 17221 through 17320 of 27558:
- Leading From The Heart (The Economic Times, Kay Gilley, Sep 05, 2001)
IN organisations and in life, each of us brings a unique perspective, influenced by our personal, educational, and experiential backgrounds and by the role that we play in the system.
- Teething Trouble (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 05, 2001)
The first government of a new state has the daunting task of living up to the popular aspirations that gave birth to it.
- Lahore: City Of Fading Gardens (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2001)
MUGHAL Emperor Shahjahan who built the Taj Mahal could never have imagined that 500 years after he constructed Lahore’s famous Shalimar Gardens, the latter would be on the World Heritage list as an endangered site.
- When British Cops Were Found To Be Racist (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Sep 05, 2001)
WITH the Durban conference on racism going full swing, the word racism is talk of the universe today. Racism was born and reared, fed and patted only in the First World.
- Drawn To Many Centres (Telegraph, Indrajit Ray, Sep 05, 2001)
This is the time of the year when our 18-year olds literally step into their future lives as they take their first steps into a new college or a university building.
- The Mystery Of Kerala’s Collapsing Wells (Indian Express, Arun Bapat, Sep 05, 2001)
UNUSUAL geo-hydrological phenomena have been dogging Kerala since June.
- Cabinet Reshuffles And Aftershocks (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Sep 05, 2001)
With the exception of the fall of a Government (six of them collapsed in the Nineties) and perhaps the Budget, no other political event excites New Delhi so much as a Cabinet reshuffle. The point was proved yet again last week.
- The Gentleman `Kingmaker' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 05, 2001)
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa, hit the nail on the head when she described G. K. Moopanar as a ``gentleman politician''.
- Baying For Badal’s Blood (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Sep 05, 2001)
The Panthic Morcha has brought together radical Akali leaders opposed to Parkash Singh Badal on a single platform.
- Deed And Speech (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 05, 2001)
The seriousness of the proposals mooted by the prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, at the National Development Council meeting is evident from one simple fact.
- Judicial Injustice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 05, 2001)
It is, of course, true that the judicial process is inherently slow because the judges must pronounce the final verdict after having heard all arguments and examined all documents. Interrogation and cross-examination also require much time.
- Outworn Legacy (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 05, 2001)
A great deal of delay is also caused by the adjournment of cases for insufficient reasons.
- Changes In The Family Welfare Programme (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 05, 2001)
The Family Welfare Programme in India has undergone important changes in...the last five or six years.
- Package For Kashmir (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2001)
SOCIAL peace, political stability and economic development always go together. Remove any of the three, the rest will be automatically in serious trouble.
- A Non-Executive President (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2001)
EMBRACING the greater evil is sometimes an occupational hazard of Presidents and Prime Ministers.
- End Of Compact Between Govt & People (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Sep 05, 2001)
THE compact between the rulers and those they govern in a democracy even as chaotic as in its Indian variation is that beyond the rules and regulations and the instruments of enforcing authority, there is an almost intangible moral force that prevails.
- If Education Is Expensive, Try Ignorance (The Economic Times, Sanjiv Kaura, Sep 05, 2001)
WHY are people averse to opening the financial black box of UEE (Universalisation of Elementary Education)?
- Watch This Space! (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Sep 05, 2001)
TEASER ads are my “bete noire”. There is something in them which isn’t quite playing cricket with a straight bat and I take particular exception to the tantalising and dangling the carrot in the whole scheme of things.
- Tax Not, For Now (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 05, 2001)
FUNDAMENTALLY, THERE CAN be little justification for the argument that profit from electronic commerce deserves to be exempt from tax.
- Judges In Their Own Cause - Ii (Hindu, Prashant Bhushan, Sep 05, 2001)
IN ITS order directing issue of the second contempt notice to Arundhati Roy for her affidavit, the Supreme Court has said that she has ``imputed motives to specific courts for entertaining litigation or passing orders against her''.
- A Vocation Drained Of Vigour (Indian Express, Avijit Pathak, Sep 05, 2001)
This year, a well known greeting card company has appealed to the ‘conscience’ of the younger generation to show its respect to the teaching community by presenting them ‘artistically designed/sleekly packaged’ greeting cards on Teacher’s Day.
- Debating Decentralisation (Indian Express, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Sep 05, 2001)
: ‘‘Decentralisation is not merely a matter for increasing managerial efficiency as often presented in some discussions of development.
- Mapping Hunger (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 05, 2001)
Game politicians play: passing the empty plate.
- Policy Paralysis (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 05, 2001)
A fresh thrust to reforms and investments alone will work.
- The Crisis Of Our Times (Indian Express, Mushirul Hasan, Sep 05, 2001)
In 1953, Encounter’s first issue carried an article on India that concluded on the following note: ‘‘Between a past reduced to practical impotence but offering a resistance to depth, and a future only skin-deep, India’s present seems to lack substance.’’
- Moan Of The Mos (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Sep 05, 2001)
The ministers of state who were dropped in Saturday’s reshuffle are as puzzled as they are angry. Non-performance?
- The Hindu Rate Of Governance (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 05, 2001)
THE PRIME Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, has just effected a kind of reshuffle in his Cabinet.
- The Enemy Within (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2001)
MR L. K. Advani's statement that some portion of the funds meant for the development of the North-East may be finding its way to militant organisations raise serious security-related questions.
- Criminal Negligence (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 05, 2001)
THERE could not be a more telling commentary on the collapse of governance in India.
- So Much Good Money Chasing Bad (The Economic Times, Shubhrangshu Roy, Sep 05, 2001)
CII boss Tarun Das refused to say why he actually quit the board of the Industrial Development Bank of India so suddenly last month.
- ‘We Are Category Leaders In Gearless Scooters’ (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 05, 2001)
Over the last three years, Kinetic Group has grown from being a moped manufacturer with a business of about Rs 200 crore to becoming a manufacturer of a full range of two-wheelers.
- Uti-Ii: Damodaran’s Game Plan To Put The Mf Back Into Shape (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 05, 2001)
Last Friday, the Unit Trust of India (UTI) under its new chairman M Damodaran reshuffled its executive cadres and set in motion the first part of a restructuring exercise that will evolve and be fine-tuned along the way.
- ‘What Turf War? See Me And Mansingh As Two Service Centres’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 05, 2001)
When Atal Bihari Vajpayee travelled to Louisiana way back in 1983, Bhishma Kumar Agnihotri made sure he addressed the state’s legislature.
- Hypocrisy On Downsizing? (The Economic Times, Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar, Sep 05, 2001)
EVER since Ronald Reagan in the United States of America and Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom launched their drive to cut down the role of governments in the 1980s, downsizing has become a global mantra.
- Employment: Going Down? (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Sep 05, 2001)
THE Central Statistical Organisation has just released the quick estimates of information on important parameters in the industry sector for 1999-2000.
- External Debt Burden Goes Up Further (The Financial Express, Sachchidanand Shukla, Sep 05, 2001)
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) annual report states that India’s external debt has risen by 2.1 per cent to $100.25 billion as at end March 2001.
- An Informal Chat With The Prime Minister (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 05, 2001)
Summits have a devastating effect when they collapse. They evoke acrimony, recrimination, bitterness and all that.
- Delicate Balance (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 05, 2001)
Predictably, there has been elation in New Delhi over the Bush administration’s decision during the last weekend to impose sanctions on China and Pakistan for their bilateral cooperation in missile development.
- Disturbing Portent (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 05, 2001)
WITHIN hours of Sharad Yadav being given charge of the labour ministry, the Centre and states agreed at the National Development Council meeting that labour reforms need to be hastened.
- Quotas As Incentives (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 05, 2001)
THE TWO RECENT rulings by the Supreme Court (S.C.) in the matter of admissions to post-graduate medical courses serve as timely reminders on establishing norms and special procedures that must govern selection criteria.
- Tackling Water Pollution From Small Units (Business Line, Mahendra Pandey , Sep 05, 2001)
SMALL-SCALE industries, falling under a wide spectrum of small, tiny and cottage sectors, occupy an important position in India's economy.
- The Gentleman `Kingmaker' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 05, 2001)
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa, hit the nail on the head when she described G. K. Moopanar as a ``gentleman politician''.
- Immigration Blues (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 05, 2001)
COMMENTATORS in the print and electronic media have been unanimous in their attack of Australia for its stubbornness in refusing entry into the country to the 450 and odd persons.
- Indian Economy: Apocalypse Now? (Business Line, D. S. Mehta , Sep 05, 2001)
CONTRARY to what the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, claims repeatedly, the Indian economy today is in deep trouble.
- Management Tools And The New Economy (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Sep 05, 2001)
SURPRISE! Making a profit seems to be back in fashion. We were taught in business school that all businesses aimed to make a profit.
- A Proxy War Over Racism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 05, 2001)
A UNILATERALIST TREND in the United States foreign policy has been disturbingly noticeable in recent months.
- Scrap Those Mous (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 05, 2001)
THE government should dismantle the export and indigenisation rules that govern automobile investments in India.
- A Hilarious Take On Laughter (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2001)
DON'T laugh, but acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair says Indians are more humorous than Americans!
- Tv Serial In Trouble Over Dog’S Name (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2001)
What's in a name? Star Plus’ popular television soap “Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi” is finding out the hard way.
- Ananth Under Watch (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 04, 2001)
Shunting Jagmohan out of ministry sends a wrong signal.
- Should Older People Work Longer? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 04, 2001)
Should older people be made to work past the traditional retirement age in the future?
- Fighting The Slowdown Requires Bold Strategies (The Financial Express, Bhanoji Roa, Sep 04, 2001)
The economy grew at just about 5.2 per cent in 2000-01, against the much-publicised forecast of 6 per cent.
- The Curtain Of Coercion (Indian Express, Syeda Saiyidain Hameed , Sep 04, 2001)
The injunction that Kashmiri women must veil themselves maligns both Islam and women.
- History Lesson (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 04, 2001)
This is by no means a “historic meeting”. Ms Sheila Dixit’s sense of the importance of the meeting organized by Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to take a stand against the National Democratic Alliance’s policies on education.
- Governance By Committees (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Sep 04, 2001)
Many seasoned civil servants, wise in the ways of men and political leaders, often tell each other, half in jest, “When in doubt, form a committee”.
- Balance For The Right Exchange (Telegraph, Aniek Paul, Sep 04, 2001)
The importance of the regional stock exchanges has been diminishing since the formation of the national stock exchange in 1994.
- Mandal Served With A Pinch Of Saffron (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Sep 04, 2001)
When the Bharatiya Janata Party swept the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh in the summer of 1991, the former prime minister, V.P. Singh, made a prescient remark, “Kalyan bina kalyanva nahin.”
- Political Insensitivity Towards Military (Tribune, Rakesh Datta, Sep 04, 2001)
India presents a unique picture of its apolitical armed forces.
- When A Stitch In Time Saved Nine (Tribune, R. S. Dutta, Sep 04, 2001)
A businessman friend of mine from Ludhiana always stayed with me whenever he visited Chandigarh.
- Of Neo-Rich, Feasts And Media (Tribune, P. Raman , Sep 04, 2001)
The ancient lawgiver, Manu, had prescribed different sets of punishment for the Brahmins and the commoners for the same offence.
- The Age Of Unreason (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 04, 2001)
I BELIEVE that discontinuity is not a catastrophe, and that it certainly need not be a catastrophe.
- Evaluate The Cng Issue Dispassionately (The Economic Times, P. P. Sangal , Sep 04, 2001)
EVEN though CNG is an eco-friendly fuel, its use for transport in Delhi has led to a raging controversy.
- Sanctions On Pak, China (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 04, 2001)
ANY rubbing of hands in glee or the expressing of "serves them right" smugness over the US sanctions imposed on China and Pakistan will be misplaced because the move is no more than symbolic.
- Redefining The Role Of Anti-Dumping Duties (The Financial Express, K. S. V. Menon, Sep 04, 2001)
The ministry of commerce and industry should be complimented for making available to the public the report of the working of the Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties (DGAD) for meaningful discussion.
- Educating The People (Hindu, Fali S. Nariman, Sep 04, 2001)
The recent review of the Government's Education Policy has come under attack.
- There’s A Panther In The Kitchen (Indian Express, Rohit Bhan, Sep 04, 2001)
Luckily, wildlife authorities have a plan that may drive it back to where it really belongs.
- And We Thought We Had Already Paid For Safety... (Indian Express, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Sep 04, 2001)
TWO events from last week typify a trend in our current polity that is insidiously undemocratic and deeply worrisome.
- Our Debates On Their Terms (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Sep 04, 2001)
Caste system isn’t racism and our best sociologists and anthropologists are clear on this.
- All Pawns, No Bishops (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Sep 04, 2001)
HEDGED in from all sides, his government torn with contradictions, his governance discredited in the eyes of the country as never before.
- Insecure At Home (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 04, 2001)
Rashid’s hounding shows state paranoia at its worst.
- Saffronised Education (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 04, 2001)
THE non-Sangh Parivar Chief Ministers' effort to stop the saffronisation of school textbooks deserves a loud round of applause.
- Cleanest Transporter (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 04, 2001)
THE LATE M G Ramachandran earned the undying gratitude of thousands of rickshaw wallahs by not just acting as one but bequeathing raincoats to them.
- New Start (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 04, 2001)
On August 23, the CSE clocked a turnover of Rs 10.88 crore, as the Mumbai-based bourses were closed.
- Sri Lanka’s Gm Food Ban Delayed Indefinitely (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 04, 2001)
Sri Lanka has postponed indefinitely plans to impose one of the world’s toughest bans on genetically modified (GM) food, a senior health ministry official said in Colombo on Monday.
- Israel Sees Scope For Widening Bilateral Relations With India (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 04, 2001)
After India’s recognition of Israel, on September 17, 1950, the Jewish Agency established an office in Mumbai to send Iraqi, Afghan and European Jewish refugees to Palestine.
- Economic Stock-Taking (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 04, 2001)
IT IS NOT at all surprising that the Reserve Bank of India should be decidedly pessimistic on the near-term macro-economic outlook even as it remains guarded over the medium term.
- Globalisation And Politics (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Sep 04, 2001)
IN RECENT months, there has been a fresh spate of public protests against globalisation, in Genoa, London and South Africa.
- Shuffling The Deck (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 04, 2001)
IT SEEMS FAIRLY evident that the sweeping Ministerial changes are intended to signal a reassertion of Prime Ministerial authority, severely dented as it has been in recent times.
- No Carrot, Only Stick (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 04, 2001)
WITH a deep bow in the general direction of the Supreme Court, the Centre made vigorous legal motions to revamp the public (fair price shop) distribution system (PDS).
- Why The Gods Are Angry (The Economic Times, Ruchir Sharma, Sep 04, 2001)
GREEK mythology has it that King Tantalus angered the gods so much that they in turn condemned him to stand forever in a pool of clear water with a fruit-laden tree overhead.
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